And some people are for a life time💜💜💜 I tell people all the time that I have one friend that I was practically born with. It's true we are literally 7 months apart in age, and we have been friends our entire life. ·
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Recently another one of my close friends told me, "Stacy when people come into your life immediately start praying, Lord what is your Divine purpose for this relationship? Everyone isn't going to be there forever, and that's okay, it doesn't make the time you shared less significant. There is a time and season for everything and everyone."
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Don't get caught up in living in the past. What you shared was great, but what's to come will be even greater. Now this does not mean to go and dump your friends, 😂😂😂😂. It means just let things happen naturally, the way God intended😍 Love you guys💜💜 @ebsjames ·
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DJ is getting really fast at crawling. Or pulling himself on his belly, cuz he still doesn’t use his knees! He occasionally pops up on his knees - does a quick table-top pose, and then back down on his belly.
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My favourite, though, is when I go into the kitchen while he’s playing, and he comes looking for me. It’s pretty cute!!! I realize I’m one small step away from not one but TWO kids following me to the bathroom every time I pee...but for now it’s cute. #himom#ifoundyou#cutebabiesofinstagram

So yesterday was my birthday. It was a great day, and also a very typical, chaotic, bananas day. I started off the day ready to conquer the world, and by the end, well, let’s just say I’d conquered a couple crying meltdowns (one was mine) and a cupcake.
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But I have 364 more days of 38 to make it count!! Are you a big birthday celebrator? #thisis38#momlifebelike#mombirthday

Our #invitationtoplay this morning is all about insects and reptiles. My kids are fond of watching insect-character movies but meeting them in person is actually their no. 1 fear (yes, even a fly 🙈) so I have to find a way to introduce different kinds of insect and reptile to them in a simple but friendly way. I came up with using #kmartplaytray or the galvanized tray, nature items from our backyard, coloured sensory rice and #kmart insect and reptile tub for only $3. 🦟🦗🕷🐍🦎 With the sensory rice, I used all the leftover food colouring from the blocks I dyed the other day and I'm happy the colour came out like that it suits our theme for today. 😊🥰 If you will notice, the very first thing they touched are the snakes so I NEEDED to carefully REMIND them what are those. 🙈😂 @father_nats_cvstom @urgreatlyblessed #kmarthack#lifehacksforkids#sensoryplay#insects#reptiles#learningisfun#learningthroughplay#earlylearning#natureplay#diymommy#kmartplaytray

Im all about the details, so a few of my very favs from our Harry Potter Gender Reveal were these wax sealed envelopes (which we hung on on clear fish line to give that magically-falling-ever-so-gently-on-the-table look) and the burnt-edge flyers that the Mommy-to-be and I worked on!
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I love these because they’re truly oopsie proof! If one is a little more burnt then the other, it’s completely ok! All the more ‘Potteresque’ it looks!
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For this part of the project, we used blank linen envelopes, burgundy wax seal (which I’ve always want to use!!🤩) and a Hogwarts embossing stamp. We then taped them on clear fishing line and...MAGIC!
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Our Wanted Posters were printed on blank linen paper, burnt around the edges, crumpled up and laid flat again to give that illusion that it’d been sitting there for a while! .
Other ideas to really sell the theme? Leather journals, quills, birdcages, the Harry Potter books themselves and a few super special themed props that can be gifted to the guest of honor after it’s all said and done!
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#harrypotterparty#genderrevealparty#genderreveal#babyshowerideas#birthdaypartydecor#diyhomedecor#diycrafts#diybirthdaydecor#diymomma#diymommy#kidspartyideas#potterheads#handlettering#harrypotterfont

I love making my own lip balm. Mainly because I love making things, but also because I get crazy reactions to various scented creams and lip balms and making my own stuff = controlled variables!! 👍
I had a few cream blushes and a lipstick lying around that were all the wrong tone for me, but that when mixed produced the right tone. Soooooo..... I mixed up a batch of lip balm, and melted/mixed in some of the blushes and lipsticks until I got a tinted lip balm that I liked! Voila! Custom makeup! 💄 ♥️ Try it! I dare you.
Tag your creative friends to share this idea! ❤️❤️ #upcycle#reusereducerecycle#repurpose#diymommy#diy#momblogger#diylipbalm#makeityourself

Choose:
•to select freely and after consideration
•to decide on, to make a selection
•to have a preference for
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Ok, confession - decisions can be hard for me. I *may* be guilty of avoiding decisions. I *may* be guilty of delaying decisions. I *may* be guilty of excessively analyzing decisions and second guessing the ones I make.
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So...CHOOSE seemed like the right word for me for this year. I heard on a podcast recently that you should set goals not around solving problems but around what you want to learn. This fits. I want to learn to be more intentional, more confident.
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Choose how to spend my time, in advance if possible.
Choose to be intentional with my down time and rest.
Choose to take care of my health.
Choose to be productive.
Choose to be happy.
Choose to be confident in my decisions.
Choose self-compassion over guilt.
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What are you choosing for 2019? #powersheets#wordoftheyear#choosehappy

So I would like to say sorry to the hubbs @father_nats_cvstom for invading your garage workplace 😅😄😘 Dye-ing my 3rd batch of blocks, but this time I prepared it differently. With my previous batches, I used acrylic paint and I noticed the colours I have didn't actually matched the shades that I want plus it's more time and effort consuming. So this time I used 1 tbsp of warm water, 1/2 tbsp of vinegar and 10 drops of each food colouring then poured everything in a ziplock. I just waited for like 3 minutes to let the blocks absorb the colour, but if you want a darker or lighter colour just adjust the amount of drops you put in there. 👍🌈 Btw, these are just plain wooden jumbling blocks I bought from @kmartaus for only $5. 🥰 #kmart#kmarthack#diymommy#lifehacksforkids#earlylearning#coloredblocks#learningisfun#learningwhileplaying